Organizing Project Management Step 5: Communication

In organizing project management, good communication is critical to a successful project. To be a good project manager, you must be in constant communication with everyone involved in the project. This includes your organizing team, the client, any vendors or other service professionals.

Here are some tips to help you effectively communicate throughout your project.

Have a Plan
Create a plan for communicating. This can include; who is in charge of communicating, who needs to be communicated with, how often you will communicate, how you will communicate (phone, email, text), etc.… Read the rest

Organizing Project Management Step 4: Scheduling

Organizing project management includes managing the schedules of everyone involved. This can include organizers, contractors, movers, and even the client!

Before you begin to schedule for this project make an outline of what you will need to do and who will need to be involved.

Next, you will need to line up the parts of the project that depend on others schedules. Check availability and make arrangements for the most important pieces of your project first. For example, get the move date scheduled with your moving company before you schedule the organizers to help unpack.… Read the rest

Organizing Project Management Step 3: Coordinating

Welcome to Step 3 in our Organizing Project Management series! This series is designed specifically to help you learn how to manage large organizing projects.

If you haven’t yet had a chance to check out Steps 1 & 2: Planning and Budgeting, you can find them on our main blog page.

Step 3 is all about Coordinating!

As the project manager, you’re in charge of hiring and coordinating the contractors or vendors that you’ll need to help you complete the project; this could include organizers, a junk removal service, movers, consignment shops, appraisers, estate sale experts, and a handyman or contractor.… Read the rest

Organizing Project Management Step 2: Budgeting

Welcome to Step 2 in our Organizing Project Management series! This series is designed specifically to help you learn how to manage large organizing projects.

If you haven’t yet had a chance to check out Step 1: Planning, you can find it on our blog.

Now, it’s time for Step 2: Budgeting

For large and complex organizing projects, clients will want to know the expected costs up front. If you are managing a large organizing project, you will certainly need to create a proposal or estimate for the client.… Read the rest

It’s Back to School Time for Organizers!

Summer was hectic and the house is quiet now that the kids are back in school. Perhaps you are wondering what to do next…How about learning how to run a successful organizing business? Yes, it’s back to school time for organizers, too!

Hi there, my name is Sarah Buckwalter I am the founder of Organizing U. Did you know that I have made over a million dollars as a professional organizer? Yes, really! I didn’t write a bestselling book, or team up with Oprah or have my own HGTV show.… Read the rest